Visit Savannah Asks Followers to Share If you are involved in your area’s destination development, keep an eye on Savannah’s. They are one of the better visitors bureaus for compelling messages.. Here’s what they emailed, ” Although a trip to Savannah may not be possible right now, we asked our social media followers to tell […]
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Why Guests Choose Other Inns Over Yours The new Five Gables website is a good example of how to design and layout a website so guests will choose your inn over others. (Very important this year!) The Five Gables new website has a well thought out layout that makes it easy to see the benefits of choosing the […]
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Camellia Inn Guests Want to Help Sending Newsletters Brings Instant Funds This week a California Inn sent our staff these 2 notes: Sold $700 – “You just sent out an email newsletter for us 2 hours ago telling our guests we were closed but were selling gift certificates. We have sold $700 in Gift Certificates already […]
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Visit Edenton Keep Marketing – Don’t Let 2 Months Turn Into 9 Months A top notch hotel marketing firm today reminded hotels: Historic data and research have proven time and again that companies that actively market during a time of crisis experience higher sales and net income than those going dark. Don’t allow your inn to […]
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I Love Inns Fully Staffed & Working From Home Our phone has been ringing off the hook with proactive innkeepers who are not wasting this time worrying. They are charging forward with new websites and new marketing plans. They are reaching out with newsletters to inspire and soothe former guests, adding informative messages to their websites […]
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Inn This Edition: What Innkeepers Are Sharing Marketing In the Time of Corona – “Work Remotely From Our Inn” The Unexpected Sabbatical – What to Do Now – Immunity Building, Nature, Spring, Southern Hospitality What Innkeepers Are Sharing We have Corona Virus in Our Town – “I’m set though – I’ve got a roll of […]
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Get Ready for Spring Reservations Now Shady Oaks Inn, Napa Valley above Now is the time to get a new website and capture more business in Spring The sooner you get your new website the more new & repeat guests you can attract for the future. Here’s what you get with a new website: Fully […]
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Why You Need 22 Headers & Subheaders on a Page We just launched the new website for Milliken House B&B in Eastport, Maine. It has a refined look and a one of a kind design and meets target metrics Google is looking for such as High number of photos per page – 12 images with alt text, on average. […]
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The 5 Easiest Ways to Get More Direct Bookings Improve Your Website Now With These Suggestions Keep improving!! This is your biggest key to more direct bookings. Try doing this to your website: Add more opportunities to book (pop ups, chat box, Book Now buttons) and if you still aren’t mobile friendly, you need to Call […]
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The 3 Most Powerful, Cheapest Perks That OTAs Cannot Offer These 3 book-direct tactics below are said to be the ones that carry the most weight in persuading guests to book directly and not leave your website to go back to the OTA they came from. 1. Room upgrades 2. Late checkout 3. Experiences on your […]
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